Alex

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #232in 2025
  • 1 in 1,127boys in 2025
  • −45%last ten years
  • 1.8×in Nevada

Most popular in 1995.

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Alex.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,9503,90018801916195319892025

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Alex, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,330
18811,132
18821,513
18831,147
18841,293
18851,475
18861,453
18871,341
18881,382
18891,148
18901,324
18911,314
18921,336
18931,184
18941,313
18951,218
18961,380
18971,153
18981,214
18991,252
19001,276
19011,296
19021,256
19031,157
19041,319
19051,255
19061,322
19071,267
19081,289
19091,384
19101,318
19111,186
19121,121
19131,178
19141,205
19151,188
19161,229
19171,168
19181,191
19191,104
19201,004
1921928
1922922
1923858
1924863
1925809
1926725
1927788
1928721
1929721
1930693
1931699
1932654
1933611
1934603
1935558
1936544
1937529
1938542
1939539
1940535
1941522
1942493
1943462
1944455
1945475
1946435
1947434
1948435
1949412
1950418
1951366
1952360
1953363
1954364
1955346
1956382
1957415
1958480
1959545
1960577
1961573
1962612
1963643
1964622
1965670
1966574
1967648
1968669
1969678
1970755
1971770
1972729
1973799
1974881
1975850
1976866
1977980
1978894
1979962
1980942
19811,046
19821,082
19831,202
19841,677
19852,115
19862,775
19873,236
19883,347
19893,270
19903,384
19913,303
19923,680
19933,895
19943,747
19953,900
19963,650
19973,636
19983,638
19993,556
20003,436
20013,404
20023,506
20033,439
20043,432
20053,248
20063,245
20073,023
20082,647
20092,608
20102,315
20112,128
20122,040
20131,881
20141,662
20151,624
20161,504
20171,408
20181,391
20191,338
20201,229
20211,125
20221,149
20231,060
20241,003
2025887

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Nevada 1.8×
  2. Florida 1.8×
  3. California 1.6×
  4. New Mexico 1.4×
  5. Arizona 1.3×

See Alex on a full map

More like it

More like Alex

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,515
Rank in 2025
#232
How rare
1 in 1,127 boys
Since 1880
286,169

Most popular in 1995, at 3,900 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 45% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Nevada1.8×60
Florida1.8×493
California1.6×863
New Mexico1.4×26
Arizona1.3×130

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.